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DfE to develop ‘alternative arrangements’ in case UK leaves Erasmus+

The Department for Education is to develop its own “alternative arrangements” for international education exchanges in case the UK...

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Teachers earn £3k less than in 2010, and 5 other EPI analysis findings

The Education Policy Institute has published analysis of teacher numbers and spending trends in England. Here are some of...

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TSC head defends ‘high bar’ as 3 in 4 teaching school hub bids rejected

Just one in four applicants to the government’s new teaching school hubs programme were approved, new figures show. Data...

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‘Gross intellectual snobbery’ – former Ofsted strategy chief hits back at academy CEOs

Claims by leading academy bosses that Ofsted’s new inspection regime favours middle-class pupils have been dismissed as “nonsense” by...

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Former Tory policy chief to advise Gavin Williamson at DfE

Former Conservative Party researcher and policy chief Innes Taylor has been appointed as a special adviser at the Department...

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Single-school academy trust head’s pay soars to £280k

The head of an academy trust with just one school saw his pay rise to at least £280,000 last...

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DfE plans to lift inspection exemption for ‘outstanding’ schools from September

Gavin Williamson has vowed to send Ofsted inspectors into every ‘outstanding’-rated school in England within five years, as he...

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Could exams be marked by AI? Ofqual launches ‘exciting’ competition

The exams regulator Ofqual is launching a competition to find out if exams can be marked by artificial intelligence....

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Academies ‘haven’t worked everywhere’, admits former government policy adviser

A policy adviser who worked on the government’s academies programme has admitted the schools “have not, at least yet,...

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Freddie Whittaker